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EA is set to confirm that upcoming console and PC shooter Crysis 2 will support stereoscopic 3D. USA Today reports the game will be playable in 3D not just on PS3 and PC, but also on Xbox 360, suggesting that Microsoft could include some big 3D news in its press …

Your Shape: Fitness Evolved has been announced for Kinect. It’s the second game in Ubisoft’s successful fitness series. The first title was released for Wii and came bundled with a camera. The Kinect edition uses Microsoft’s controller-less device to scan the gamer’s body and lets them play in the gym, …

Echoing concerns expressed by analysts earlier this month, THQ has been forced to reduce its financial forecasts for the current year thanks to lower than expected sales of next-gen fighter UFC 2010 Undisputed. The publisher now expects non-GAAP net sales of $155m-$165m for the quarter ending June 30th 2010, down …

Fallout: New Vegas will be released in the UK on October 22nd. Bethesda announced the release date for the highly anticipated RPG shortly after an E3 trailer for the game went live this weekend. The game will launch in the US three days earlier on October 19th. Bethesda has previoulsy …

With a PS3 price drop very unlikely to feature as part of Sony’s E3 press conference tomorrow, it looks as if Sony might instead be preparing a slight revision to its current home console. CVG reckons that the two new model numbers registered by Sony last week refer to new …

Creators of Okami and Devil May Cry working on biblical fantasy adventure

Former Microsoft casual boss to head up new Ubisoft department

We’ve previously seen photos of it under its previous moniker of Project Natal, but now Microsoft has released official picturs of the final product: Kinect. Scroll down for a look at the new controller, as well as a glimpse at the device’s Cirque de Soleil premiere in Los Angeles.

The same Italian website that outed the Kinetic rebrand for Microsoft’s Natal hours before Microsoft officially revealed the moniker at its E3 press conference has published the first pictures of the Xbox 360 redesign set for tonight’s E3 ress conference. A now-removed ad running at console-tribe.com showed a picture of …

Red Dead Redemption has retained its Number One position in the ELSPA GfK Chart-Track All Formats Top 40, despite the release of long-awaited Super Mario Galaxy 2 last Friday. Rockstar’s multiformat adventure becomes the first game to achieve four consecutive number ones this year in front of Ubisoft’s Just Dance, …